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| 09/06/2010 03:27 AM |
| Tourist arrivals continue to grow |
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Foreign visitors to South Africa increased by more than 350 000 in the first four months of this year compared to the same period in 2009, says Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk.
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| 08/30/2010 03:32 AM |
| Art hotel counts Joburg's decades |
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The 12 decades of Johannesburg's existence are reflected in the 12 rooms making up a new boutique hotel at Main Street Life, one of Joburg's newest places to be seen, and the brainchild of the same developer who brought the successful Arts on Main to the inner city.
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| 08/23/2010 03:30 AM |
| Touring Joburg's stadium masterpiece |
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Johannesburg visitors and residents who are keen on seeing the architectural masterpiece that is Africa's biggest stadium - known as Soccer City during the 2010 Fifa World Cup, since renamed FNB Stadium - can now take a guided tour of the city's famous "African calabash".
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| 08/20/2010 04:12 AM |
| Minister by motorbike in Soweto |
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Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk took a tour of Soweto with a difference on Thursday - as a guest of the Soweto Sopranos Bikers Club - to help encourage South Africans to "get out of their comfort zones" and start exploring some of the tourism "gems" of their own country.
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| 08/19/2010 06:15 AM |
| Comair opens Dar es Salaam routes |
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Comair Limited, operator of low-cost airline kulula.com and the British Airways franchise in South Africa, is again expanding its African network, and will soon be offering five return flights a week between Johannesburg and Dar es Salaam.
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south africa FactsThe Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland, while Lesotho is an independent country surrounded by South Africa. Modern humans have inhabited Southern Africa for more than 100,000 years. At the time of European contact, the indigenous peoples reflected migrations from other parts of Africa, where new tribes had become dominant. Two major groups were Xhosa and Zulu peoples. In 1652, a century and a half after the discovery of the Cape Sea Route, the Dutch East India Company founded a refreshment station at what would become Cape Town. Cape Town became a British colony in 1806. European settlement expanded during the 1820s as the Boers (original Dutch, Flemish, German and French settlers) and the British 1820 Settlers claimed land in the north and east of the country. Conflicts arose among the Xhosa, Zulu and Afrikaner groups who competed for territory. |
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